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Amazon's last-minute bid for TikTok comes as a US ban on the platform is set to take effect Saturday

Amazon's last-minute bid for TikTok comes as a US ban on the platform is set to take effect Saturday

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok , a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour pitch as a U.S. ban on the platform is set to go into effect Saturday.
Coal-fired power plant, now retired, to become massive gas-powered campus for AI, data centers

Coal-fired power plant, now retired, to become massive gas-powered campus for AI, data centers

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Bye-bye, Helene, Milton and Beryl. Names from those nasty hurricanes are now retired

Bye-bye, Helene, Milton and Beryl. Names from those nasty hurricanes are now retired

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurricanes Helene, Milton and Beryl were so nasty last year that their names are being retired.
Movie Review: Jason Momoa shines in 'A Minecraft Movie'

Movie Review: Jason Momoa shines in 'A Minecraft Movie'

The latest IP to be mined into a Hollywood blockbuster is appropriately a video game that celebrates digging: “A Minecraft Movie.” Like “The Super Mario Bros.
Nintendo Switch 2 launches in June with new 'Mario Kart World' game

Nintendo Switch 2 launches in June with new 'Mario Kart World' game

NEW YORK (AP) — Nintendo has announced a June 5 launch date and $449.99 price tag for its latest gaming console, the Switch 2, which will introduce interactive chat and screenshare functions to connect gamers.
Religious gathering cancelled in N.S. because of fears of U.S. border policies

Religious gathering cancelled in N.S. because of fears of U.S. border policies

FREDERICTON — A gathering of religious groups from across North America that was supposed to be held this year in Nova Scotia has been postponed indefinitely because of worries over U.S. border policies.
Dana White's UFC and Mark Zuckerberg's Meta joining forces in partnership

Dana White's UFC and Mark Zuckerberg's Meta joining forces in partnership

NEW YORK (AP) — UFC is joining up with Facebook's parent company Meta in a deal that will bring mixed martial arts to more fans around the world.
Why no one is challenging Trump's executive order that keeps TikTok running

Why no one is challenging Trump's executive order that keeps TikTok running

WASHINGTON (AP) — After TikTok was banned in the United States earlier this year, President Donald Trump gave the platform a reprieve , barreling past a law that was passed in Congress and upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court that said the ban was
Meta hit with fines by Turkey after refusing to restrict content on Facebook, Instagram

Meta hit with fines by Turkey after refusing to restrict content on Facebook, Instagram

Meta said it has been hit with a hefty fine for resisting Turkish government demands to limit content on Facebook and Instagram.
Hardwood is basketball's longtime foundation. A German company would love to change that to glass

Hardwood is basketball's longtime foundation. A German company would love to change that to glass

Chris Thornton loves talking about playing basketball on the most fragile-sounding of surfaces: glass.